Rosemary (Mia Farrow) doesn’t know who she can trust in Roman Polanski’s horror classic
ROSEMARY’S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968)
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1
Thursday, August 25, free, dusk — event canceled at 2:30!
www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org
Based on the frightening novel by Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby is one of the greatest psychological horror films ever made. When Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) move into the fancy Upper West Side apartment complex the Bramford (the Dakota), ready to start a family, Rosemary slowly grows suspicious of Guy’s new friends, particularly the sweet old couple next door (Oscar winner Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer), with good reason. Written and directed by Roman Polanski, Rosemary’s Baby works primarily because it is so believable, with recognizable characters and situations that never go over the top. The paranoid thriller, filled with truly scary scenes, has held up well over the years, so beware if you’re afraid of the dark. The film was scheduled to screen August 25 in Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of the “Movies with a View” series, preceded by Don Hertzfeldt’s short Wisdom Teeth and music from DJ Ming, but it has been canceled because of inclement weather. But people can begin voting now for the final presentation, a viewers’ choice that will close out the series on September 1 — and since you can vote for any New York film you want, Rosemary’s Baby is in the running.